METACRAN does not parse maintainer in Authors@R

[mhahsler]

METACRAN misses maintainers for packages which use Authors@R. As a result, some maintainers are missing on https://www.r-pkg.org/maint.

From http://www.hep.by/gnu/r-patched/r-exts/R-exts_4.html:

Both Author' and Maintainer' fields can be omitted (as from R 2.14.0) if a suitable Authors@R' field is given. This field can be used to provide a refined, machine-readable description of the package "authors" (in particular specifying their precise roles), via suitable R code. The roles can include "aut"' (author) for full authors, "cre"' (creator) for the package maintainer, and "ctb"' (contributor) for other contributors, among others. See ?person for more information. Note that no role is assumed by default. Auto-generated package citation information takes advantage of this specification; in R 2.14.0 or later, the Author' and Maintainer' fields are auto-generated from it if needed when building or installing.

[gaborcsardi]

METACRAN misses maintainers for packages which use Authors@R. As a result, some maintainers are missing on https://www.r-pkg.org/maint.

Who?

Note that you are citing a document from 2012.

[mhahsler]

Hi Gabor,

Here are some example missing maintainer names: Zeileis, Hornik, Hahsler

Sorry for the old link! The current version https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html states the same.

[gaborcsardi]

Here are some example missing maintainer names: Zeileis, Hornik, Hahsler

I am not sure what you mean.

https://www.r-pkg.org/maint/Achim.Zeileis@R-project.org
https://www.r-pkg.org/maint/Kurt.Hornik@R-project.org
https://www.r-pkg.org/maint/mhahsler@lyle.smu.edu

[gaborcsardi]

Missing from where?

[mhahsler]

They are missing from the index on https://www.r-pkg.org/maint. If I go to 'Z' then 'Zeileis' is missing in the list. He does show up if I use the search box.